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I constantly feel like I am being pushed and pulled around by other people. I've been working on saying no, but I am still finding myself in places where I feel like I need to spend time/do things that interfere with my professional goals. How do you deal with this, without destroying relationships? Some of them will never understand the choices I make. I have accepted them for who they are, but I don't feel that they have accepted me.
As sad as it sounds, some relationships are better off destroyed. How do you expect to live a positive life if you're surrounded by negative people? I'm not saying to completely cut these people off, but move them to your outer circle and bring positive people into your inner circle.
When Mark Cuban cashed out and became a billionaire he told all of his family and friends, "I'm still the same guy. If you treat me any differently then we're going to have to end this relationship". He even did this to family members.
As you grow your ice cream shop and begin opening up more on every corner of Candy Land, you will find that you outgrow your current set of friends anyway. It's the sad reality. I doubt that Obama still chills with his buddies from elementary school...he's too busy running a country.
Love people. Don't throw them away, but move the negative gremlins of Candy Land to your outer circle...unless you want to be broke and frustrated all of your life.
I used to be that guy who tried to make everybody happy. Then I got back-stabbed a ton of times by ungrateful people that I was trying to help out. Some were even my own relatives. My own flesh and blood, homie lol! That's when I decided to start focusing on me first. Now my life is dope and I have great people all around me who genuinely care about me.
Those ungrateful people who back-stabbed me? They're still frustrated with their lives and say I got lucky. I hope they see the light soon...it hurts to live your life in frustration, you know? The scarcity mindset is quite strong in the gremlins of Candy Land.
Karma is crazy like that...that's part of why I'm hardcore about giving back without any attachment to personal gain.
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